Collected Item: “Evangelical missionaries, COVID-19, and the rationalizing of infection”
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Evangelical missionaries, COVID-19, and the rationalizing of infection
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Magazine article
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"One talking point that commonly arises in evangelical subculture is that “there is no safer place to be than in the center of God’s will.” If God needs you not to have coronavirus, in other words, you won’t get it; and why would God want people to get coronavirus in church after all? Following the same principle, if God wants you to preach to uncontacted peoples, God will make a way. You don’t need to worry about diseases; if the people you’re trying to convert die, that will turn out to have been God’s will."
"One talking point that commonly arises in evangelical subculture is that “there is no safer place to be than in the center of God’s will.” If God needs you not to have coronavirus, in other words, you won’t get it; and why would God want people to get coronavirus in church after all? Following the same principle, if God wants you to preach to uncontacted peoples, God will make a way. You don’t need to worry about diseases; if the people you’re trying to convert die, that will turn out to have been God’s will."
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Evangelical, Evangelicalism, missionary, mission, Indigenous, First Nations, Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro
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https://religiondispatches.org/how-do-evangelical-missionaries-in-brazil-justify-risking-indigenous-lives-during-a-pandemic/
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Chrissy Stroop
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2020-04-06